“The job of what I call the Novelist of History …is to tell a compelling human story, …that not only engages the reader emotionally but also sharpens or even awakens an interest in the history that underpins the story.”
Join Editor Dr. Margaret D. Bauer and staff at the North Carolina Writers Network fall conference in Wilmington, NC, Friday November 18 through Sunday November 20.
At this weekend’s SAMLA conference, Professor Kirstin L. Squint will be moderating a panel of papers forthcoming in the 2023 print issue, which she is… Read More »NC Indigenous Voices Panel at SAMLA
Saturday Review in 2022: For NCLR Online Fall 2022, Jim Clark reviews new work by Paul Jones and Al Maginnes. Calendar pages turn. Leaves fall… Read More »“Bless all that rusts and ages”: Clark on Jones & Maginnes
North Carolina Literary Review Welcomes New Digital Editor Devra Thomas The North Carolina Literary Review welcomes Digital Editor Devra Thomas to the staff, thanks to… Read More »Digital Editor joins NCLR thanks to NCAC grant
Cecelski, renowned author on works about the Carolina coastline, listens to the Library of Congress recordings Miller made in 1941 with shipyard workers and their spouses, cabbies, and local African American men and women.
Saturday Review in 2022! Since pre-registration for fall began at ECU yesterday. this week’s review is by NCLR Senior Editorial Assistant Megan Smith, a reminder… Read More »NCLR Editorial Assistant Reviews Last Year’s Betts Prize Winner’s Novel
Friday from the Archives: Announcing our 2024 feature theme this week, “Disability (in) NC Literature” (see the current call for submissions), put us in mind… Read More »An Interview with Anjail Rashida Ahmad
The 2024 issues of the North Carolina Literary Review will feature Disability (in) North Carolina Literature. Guest editor of the 2024 issues’ special feature section is Dr. Casey Kayser
Saturday Review in 2022! Jenn Brandt explains how the North Carolina setting of Megan Goldin’s The Night Swim works so well for the novel’s exploration… Read More »A Novel for Our Times